SpaceX Sues Net Neutrality Over Bouncing Batteries

Does a battery’s ability to bounce alter when uncharged? We find out from our own myth-busting team!
Also, Miles completely flubs a story on a SpaceX lawsuit; read the linked story to find out how wrong he was. These stories and more in this episode of Geek Speak.

“During an event today to discuss a successful soft landing of a SpaceX Falcon flight, CEO Elon Musk also revealed that SpaceX has decided to file suit against the U.S. Air Force to get it to open up competition for national security-related rocket launches. Musk said that they were reluctant to file suit, but that the move is the last one available to them after trying to pursue other options, including complying with launch tests ordered by the Air Force before it entered into a sole-source procurement agreement that locks out private companies, which was entered into without justification, according to Musk.”

“True net neutrality means the free exchange of information between people and organizations. Information is key to a society’s well being. One of the most effective tactics of an invading military is to inhibit the flow of information in a population; this includes which information is shared and by who. Today we see this war being waged on American citizens. Recently the FCC has moved to redefine ‘net neutrality’ to mean that corporations and organizations can pay to have their information heard, or worse, the message of their competitors silenced. We as a nation must settle for nothing less than complete neutrality in our communication channels. This is not a request, but a demand by the citizens of this nation. No bandwidth modifications of information based on content or its source.”

The Battery Bounce Test

Matt Prater asked his class to investigate if the bounce really happened. Today on GeekSpeak we heard the results of this test.

Joey is in his 2nd year at Highland High School in the Gilbert Public School system, Gilbert, AZ. Joey is involved with the Highland Hawks Robotic team, competing in the FIRST Tech Challenge. He would like to attend Arizona State University, obtain an engineering degree and work for Intel.

Mandy is a Junior at Highland High School with plans to attend Grand Canyon University to become a teacher with a minor in Theatre Arts. Mandy has been in over 20 shows and musicals and this year, she has been given the opportunity to direct a short play. Mandy is in National Honors Society and is also on the board for theatre club.

Matt Prater is a first year Chemistry teacher at Highland High School. Previously, he was a radiochemist working in the Pharmaceutical industry for 13 years, creating diagnostics drugs for use in visualizing indications such as Alzheimer’s disease and cancer.

You can see their results on these wonderful student created websites: